Organizers cancel Serbia gay pride march after authorities say they cannot guarantee safety

September 14th, 2009 Serbia to cut 20 pct of state jobs under IMF planBELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia will have to lay off about one-fifth of its government employees — 14,000 people — to meet conditions set by the International Monetary Fund to receive more financial aid, the country's finance minister said Monday. Finance Minister Diana Dragutinovic said Serbia aims to cut spending before the government resumes its talks with the IMF on Oct.

September 4th, 2009 Blasts kill 7 at Serbia munitions factoryBELGRADE, Serbia — A series of explosions at an underground ammunition factory in central Serbia killed at least seven people and injured 15, police said Friday. They said the explosions occurred around 10 p.m.

September 3rd, 2009 Blasts kill 6 at Serbia munitions factoryBELGRADE, Serbia — A series of explosions late Thursday at an ammunition factory in central Serbia killed at least six people and injured 10, police said. They said the explosions occurred around 10 p.m.

September 3rd, 2009 Report: blasts kill 6 at Serbia munitions factoryBELGRADE, Serbia — State TV is reporting that six people have been killed and at least 10 injured in a series of explosions at an ammunition factory in central Serbia. The report said the explosions occurred around 10 p.m.

September 1st, 2009 BELGRADE - Days after Serbia signed a $100 million arms contract with Iraq, Baghdad is asking Belgrade to return 19 fighter planes that were sent to Serbia in 1989 for servicing, Belgrade media reported Tuesday. The Iraqi Defence Ministry sent a note Monday to Serbian authorities demanding the return of MiG-21 and MiG-23 planes as soon as possible, and a delegation had gone to Serbia over the weekend to start the process, the daily Vecernje Novosti reported.

July 22nd, 2009 Serbia's economy to shrink beyond IMF estimatesBELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia's recession-hit economy will shrink by up to 5 percent this year, far exceeding estimates by the International Monetary Fund, the country's finance minister said Wednesday. Diana Dragutinovic said the government estimates output will fall between 3.5 and 5 percent this year.

July 19th, 2009 Italian co-driver dies in rally crash in BulgariaSOFIA, Bulgaria — Rally organizers say an Italian co-driver has died after a race car he was in went off the road and slammed into a tree. Rally Bulgaria director Dimitar Agura said Flavio Gugelmini died on the spot after the Peugeot 207 car driven by Brian Lavio of Switzerland hit a tree.

July 4th, 2009 British PM's wife joins 1000s at gay pride paradeLONDON — The wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has joined thousands of revelers in London's annual gay pride march. Sarah Brown held a red, white and pink version of the Union Jack as the noisy parade wound through the city center before a rally and concert in Trafalgar Square.

June 25th, 2009 Kosovo ex-prime minister released from detentionSOFIA, Bulgaria — A Bulgarian court released Kosovo's former prime minister Thursday, two days after he was detained on an international arrest warrant issued by Serbia for alleged war crimes. The district court in the western city of Kyustendil decided to release Agim Ceku from custody.

June 13th, 2009 Gay pride activists march in Rome, Warsaw, ZagrebROME — Tens of thousands of gay rights activists demanding rights for same-sex couples marched through the streets of Rome on Saturday in a gay pride parade. Smaller marches wound through the capitals of heavily Catholic Poland and in Croatia, where counterdemonstrators shouted anti-gay and nationalist slogans.

June 11th, 2009 Serb lawyer quits murder trial of 3 AmericansBELGRADE, Serbia — A legal representative of the families of three Albanian-American brothers who were murdered execution-style in Serbia in 1999 says she is quitting the trial of the alleged killers. Serbia's leading human rights activist Natasa Kandic said Thursday she has decided to stop participating in the trial of two Serb policemen because Serb authorities are allegedly protecting the real killers and those who ordered the slaying.

June 4th, 2009 Mammoth skeleton unearthed in SerbiaBELGRADE, Serbia — A well-preserved skeleton of a mammoth that is believed to be about 1 million years old has been unearthed in eastern Serbia, archaeologists said Thursday. The discovery was made during excavation two days ago at an open-pit coal mine near Kostolac power plant, said Miomir Korac, from Serbia's Archaeology Institute.

May 8th, 2009 Serbia urges citizens' help with guerrilla's graveBELGRADE, Serbia — Serbian authorities are urging citizens to come forward with any information about the whereabouts of the grave of a World War II guerrilla leader who rescued American airmen shot down by the Nazis. Dragoljub Draza Mihailovic's burial site has remained a mystery since his execution as a traitor by the postwar Communist government in 1946.

April 27th, 2009 Serbia seeks grave of slain WWII guerrilla leaderBELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia's government has formed a special commission to try to locate the grave of a World War II guerrilla leader executed as a traitor by the Communists, officials said Monday. The location of Dragoljub Draza Mihailovic's grave has been unknown since postwar Communist authorities executed him in 1946 for collaboration with the Nazi occupiers.

April 22nd, 2009 NY student beaten in international case speaks outNEW YORK — A New York college student beaten into a coma last year, allegedly by a man who fled to his native Serbia, says he doesn't remember the attack. Bryan Steinhauer described himself Wednesday as "a normal guy stuck in a bad situation who kept a positive attitude." Steinhauer spoke haltingly at a news conference Wednesday at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital.